A mysterious, kind stranger who paid a dinner tab for 11 teens on their way to prom Friday left the group both grateful and stunned.Therese de Leon and her friends, who attend Clarksburg High School in Maryland, stopped at Ted's Bulletin diner on their way to prom night, WTTG-TV and WJLA-TV reported.Their server told the group that a regular patron wanted to treat the group."She told him that we looked absolutely stunning and offered to pay for our dinner, anything we wanted," Therese told WTTG.The group took the woman's advice and ordered appetizers, milkshakes, burgers and crab cakes.While the woman wanted to remain anonymous, the server pointed her out to the group so they could thank her personally."What we all remember most are the kind words she left us with," Therese told WJLA. "She told us to always love ourselves and that we’re beautiful inside and out and to never forget that."The group then posed for a quick photo, which Therese posted to Twitter."Never thought this would happen to me," she tweeted, recounting the act of kindness that she and her friends had experienced.Amid all the hubbub, none of the teens thought to ask for the woman's name. She had already left the restaurant before they realized.“She just had that loving feeling on her, and she just spread it onto us," senior Gabby Gee told WJLA.

Clarksburg, Md. —

A mysterious, kind stranger who paid a dinner tab for 11 teens on their way to prom Friday left the group both grateful and stunned.

Therese de Leon and her friends, who attend Clarksburg High School in Maryland, stopped at Ted's Bulletin diner on their way to prom night, WTTG-TV and WJLA-TV reported.

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Their server told the group that a regular patron wanted to treat the group.

"She told him that we looked absolutely stunning and offered to pay for our dinner, anything we wanted," Therese told WTTG.

The group took the woman's advice and ordered appetizers, milkshakes, burgers and crab cakes.

While the woman wanted to remain anonymous, the server pointed her out to the group so they could thank her personally.

"What we all remember most are the kind words she left us with," Therese told WJLA. "She told us to always love ourselves and that we’re beautiful inside and out and to never forget that."

The group then posed for a quick photo, which Therese posted to Twitter.

"Never thought this would happen to me," she tweeted, recounting the act of kindness that she and her friends had experienced.

Amid all the hubbub, none of the teens thought to ask for the woman's name. She had already left the restaurant before they realized.

“She just had that loving feeling on her, and she just spread it onto us," senior Gabby Gee told WJLA.